frightfiction Chapter 1398 Even an Ugly Daughter-in-Law Must Meet Her In-Laws
Chapter 1398 Even an Ugly Daughter-in-Law Must Meet Her In-Laws
Now no one questioned Huo Jiali anymore. As soon as Zhuyouzai arrived, Prince Dong was taken away dejectedly.
In a private room at a nightclub in Tsim Sha Tsui, Lu Dachao had his eyes closed as two dancers massaged him, one on each side. Kang Huai-ren recounted everything that had happened.
"Brother Chao, Prince Dong's limbs have been pierced, and his face is disfigured. I heard that person tell Pig Oil Boy that Prince Dong is to be sent to an outlying island and is not allowed to come back without his orders."
"Brother Chao, what should we do next?"
A smile crept onto Lu Dachao's lips. This was all part of his plan. He had already dug the pit, just waiting for his brother, Lu Dawen, to jump in.
……
Huo Jiali's home is very small, only a little over 100 square feet, or 50 or 60 square meters, but it houses six people.
A table was placed in the middle of the living room, where the head of the family, Huo Zhongming, sat in the main seat, scrutinizing the uneasy Xiaodao. Huo Jiali had already taken off her uniform and was helping her mother cook in the kitchen.
Huo Zhongming spoke up.
"Could you introduce yourself?"
Xiao Dao nodded repeatedly.
"My surname is Qin, and my name is Qin Xiaodao. I am from the capital and I am an orphan. It was the young master who took me in, which is why I am who I am today."
Huo Zhongming's face grew increasingly grim. He hadn't expected that his daughter, with her proud personality, would actually choose a servant from a wealthy family. But he was a scholar, very cultured, and wouldn't say such hurtful things.
"My daughter told me that you saved her two years ago?"
Xiao Dao nodded awkwardly.
Huo Zhongming sighed.
"This isn't ancient times. A life-saving favor doesn't mean you have to repay with your body. Personally, I think you and my daughter are incompatible..."
Before he could even utter the word about his son, Huo Jiali brought out a plate of food and placed it heavily on the table. She knew her father was an accountant, skilled in calculation all his life, but she never expected him to calculate like this.
Huo Jiali didn't turn back to the kitchen. Instead, she took off her apron and threw it aside, then sat down next to Xiaodao and gave a cold laugh.
“Father, I brought my fiancé back not for you to judge him, but simply to introduce you two. Why did you have to say such hurtful things?”
Huo Zhongming's face turned slightly red, but his pride as the head of the family was never worth anything in front of his daughter.
"My dear girl, I'm doing this all for your own good. What kind of future can you have with a servant?"
Xiao Dao's expression changed drastically. Huo Jiali gently placed her hand on the back of his hand, and Xiao Dao's expression calmed down.
“Father, you’ve said ‘it’s for my own good’ your whole life, but you don’t understand. That’s the most hypocritical thing to say. What does ‘it’s for my own good’ mean? Do you know what I want? Do you know what kind of life I want to live?”
You don't understand me at all, and you always say you're doing this for my own good. Ever since I was eleven, I've known that I have to walk my own path in life, step by step, and no one can interfere, not even my parents.
"Since none of you have figured it out, what right do you have to instruct me?"
Huo Jiali looked at Xiaodao tenderly.
"Before we decided to be together, I didn't know what he did or whether he had any money. All I knew was that I liked him the moment I saw him. He saved my life, which was one thing, but it was because he saved me that I swore that if I couldn't find him, I would never marry."
But now I've found him, and he likes me too, and that's enough.
Huo Zhongming's face was very ugly. He looked at Xiao Dao, then at Huo Jiali, and finally sighed. "A son is beyond his mother's control once he grows up."
Huo Jiali didn't want to embarrass her father too much, but she knew Xiaodao's personality. Uncle Qing had spoken to him briefly. Xiaodao was sensitive and insecure. If he hadn't met Huo Jiali, he probably wouldn't have gotten married even if Da Bao had ordered him to.
Therefore, Huo Jiali had to completely defend Xiaodao in front of her father. Besides, Huo Jiali herself believed that it was her own business no matter what kind of boyfriend she chose, and what did it have to do with her parents? It was her and Xiaodao who would live together, not them. Why should they look at their husbands with such critical eyes?
"Father, get rid of your feudal ideas. If the owner of the knife asked you to call him 'Young Master,' you'd probably be licking his shoes right away."
"Nonsense! I am a scholar, and I have the integrity of a scholar."
Huo Jiali scoffed.
"Integrity? The person with the most integrity I've ever met is Attorney Meng, but even Attorney Meng would have been eager to lick this young master's shoes, but the young master wouldn't even do that."
Huo Zhongming only took it seriously when Meng Qi was mentioned, knowing that his daughter never lied.
"Xiaoqin, who exactly is this young master of yours?"
Xiao Dao answered seriously.
“My young master is a first-class duke of England and the head of the Hong Kong Security Bureau.”
Huo Zhongming rolled his eyes and tumbled off the stool with a thud. He usually fawned over his boss, Mr. Zhou, but he never expected that his daughter's boyfriend was actually a relative of the Director of Security.
Xiao Dao and Huo Jiali were startled and quickly stood up to help him up. Huo Zhongming grabbed Xiao Dao's hand and asked tremblingly.
"Are you... are you telling the truth?"
Xiao Dao nodded blankly.
"Of course it's true, how could it be fake?"
Huo Zhongming's face instantly brightened. Even during the meal, Chen Zhaodi could see that her man was smiling like he was poisoned by a gas cylinder. Little did she know that Huo Zhongming was thinking to himself: "I'm rich! I'm really rich this time!"
Xiao Dao looked around the room. He had a particularly good impression of Chen Zhaodi, and he said softly.
“Auntie, the place we live in is a bit small. I have a building in Tsim Sha Tsui. Why don’t we move there? You won’t have to work anymore. You can just collect the rent every day.”
Jia Tong and Jia Ying exclaimed in surprise, "A whole building! How many households must there be?" Jia Tong asked after thinking for a while.
"Brother-in-law, how many households are in that building?"
Xiao Dao thought about it and realized he really didn't know, because his family had a dedicated accountant who would collect the rent every month.
"I haven't been there much. It's the City Sunshine Apartments in Tsim Sha Tsui. The landlord lost a lot of money during this stock market crash, so the young master let me buy it. I don't know the specifics. It's just a few hundred thousand a month, not worth my time."
The Huo family members present were all stunned, except for Huo Jiali, who was already immune to this.
"Several hundred thousand? That's nothing?"
Jia Ying asked blankly.
"So, brother-in-law, what other businesses do you own?"
Xiao Dao stretched out his finger. He was too lazy to deal with money. When he went out, if Bai Hu was with him, Bai Hu would usually give him a tip. He was too lazy to put money in other people's hands.
“My businesses are all in Macau, like Sands International and Palace of Fortune, where I own 5% of each. Half of the Scenic Hotel is mine. During this stock market crash, I bought this apartment, as well as dozens of prime shops in Tsim Sha Tsui and dozens more on Hong Kong Island. Oh, I can’t remember them all. I’ll hand them all over to your sister later.”